US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on June 23 for "Radiation detector and radiation detector array" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,549, issued on June 23, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Radiation detector and radiation detector array" was invented by Shogo Kamakura (Hamamatsu, Japan), Hayato Nishimiya (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Shintaro Kamada (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation detector includes: a scintillator including a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a first direction and one side surface coupling the end surfaces; a semiconductor photodetector including a semiconductor substrate; and a wiring member electrically connected to the semiconductor photodetector. A length of the scintillator in the ...